All items tagged with reference design (65)

Fluent.ai and Knowles Partner on Embedded Voice Recognition for Appliances

July 18, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Fluent.ai and Knowles Partner on Embedded Voice Recognition for Appliances

Fluent.ai and Knowles developed a reference design for an embedded voice-controlled washing machine using Fluent.ai’s patented speech-to-intent technology, which leverages natural and flexible voice commands to trigger essential appliance actions. The solution combines Fluent.ai’s small footprint embedded voice recognition running on Knowles’ AISonic Audio Edge Processor, enabling reduced BOM costs for manufacturers of smart home white goods.

GaN Technology in Audio Power Amplification

July 6, 2022 by Stuart Yaniger

GaN Technology in Audio Power Amplification

In this review of the GaN Systems amplifier evaluation kit, Stuart Yaniger shares his explorations of the features and benefits of GaN (gallium nitride) power semiconductors, and explains why the technology is not only enabling great sounding audio amplifiers but is also bound to completely disrupt the Class-D segment in high power ratings. This article was originally published in audioXpress, April 2022.

Renesas Launches Highly Integrated Advanced Bluetooth Low Energy SoC

June 22, 2022 by Cristina Costa

Renesas Launches Highly Integrated Advanced Bluetooth Low Energy SoC

Renesas Electronics announced the SmartBond DA1470x Family of Bluetooth low energy (LE) solutions, which the Japanese corporation describes as "the world’s most advanced, integrated System-on-Chip (SoC) family for wireless connectivity." The new Renesas SmartBond DA1470x family features a small form factor with integrated applications and 2D graphics processors, voice activity detector and power management, enabling the development of very compact connected product designs.

SoundHound Announces Completion of Merger with Archimedes and Nasdaq Listing

April 28, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

SoundHound Announces Completion of Merger with Archimedes and Nasdaq Listing

SoundHound AI, Inc., the voice AI technology pioneer, announced the completion of the previously announced business combination between SoundHound Inc. and Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners Co., a special purpose acquisition company. The combined company is called SoundHound AI, Inc. and will begin trading on Nasdaq under the new ticker symbol “SOUN” from April 28, 2022.

DSP Concepts and StreamUnlimited Announce Reference Design for Advanced Voice Control Development

April 21, 2022 by Adam Levenson

DSP Concepts and StreamUnlimited Announce Reference Design for Advanced Voice Control Development

DSP Concepts and StreamUnlimited are working together to support audio product development with a new reference design that offers advanced voice control features. DSP Concepts offers its Audio Weaver and TalkTo software development tools for StreamUnlimited's established range of hardware modules, including the latest Stream1955 next generation System-On-Module based on the latest NXP Quad Core SoC. The platform offers support for all major voice assistants.

GaN Systems Launches 300W Audio Boost Converter Switched Mode Power Supply

March 24, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

GaN Systems Launches 300W Audio Boost Converter Switched Mode Power Supply

GaN Systems announced the launch of its 300W Audio Boost Converter SMPS at the 37th annual Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) in Houston, Texas. The 300W reference design, targeted for automotive, marine, motorcycle, and a broad range of 12VDC input applications, features a complete turnkey platform solution that accelerates time-to-market, delivering improved audio quality and smaller, more streamlined audio systems.

DSP Concepts Launches TWS Toolkit Powered by Audio Weaver

March 4, 2022 by Joao Martins

DSP Concepts Launches TWS Toolkit Powered by Audio Weaver

DSP Concepts announced the availability of a new toolkit for True Wireless Stereo (TWS) earbuds powered by its Audio Weaver development platform. The toolkit features a reference design optimized to run on the Cadence Tensilica HiFi 5 DSP in partnership with Airoha, a MediaTek subsidiary and manufacturer of low-power TWS Systems on Chip (SoCs). The development kit also includes a reference design with a fully operational earbud prototype designed by Knowles.

New Higher Power MERUS MA5332MS Class D Audio Amplifier Multichip Module Now Available

February 21, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

New Higher Power MERUS MA5332MS Class D Audio Amplifier Multichip Module Now Available

Unlocking the potential of its best-in-class power MOSFET technology, Infineon Technologies introduced the MERUS 2-channel, analog input, class D audio amplifier multichip module (MCM) MA5332MS, adding a higher power and smaller footprint device to its MERUS technology family. It is a powerful upgrade to its predecessor, offering the same or even higher output power than monolithic alternatives, without a heatsink and 50 percent less footprint.

GaN Systems and Axign Demonstrate New 500W Class-D Reference Audio Amplifier

January 7, 2022 by Joao Martins

GaN Systems and Axign Demonstrate New 500W Class-D Reference Audio Amplifier

GaN Systems, the leading GaN power semiconductor specialist and audio technology innovator Axign, debuted a new groundbreaking GaN-based 500W Class-D audio amplifier. This reference design merges best-in-class technologies, including GaN Systems’ GaN power transistors and Axign’s Class-D controller, enabling companies to create unique audio systems that are smaller, sleeker, more efficient, more powerful, and provide better audio quality than previous generations.

Syntiant Announces Voice-Enabled Ultra-Low-Power Reference Design for TWS Earbud Applications

January 7, 2022 by Joao Martins

Syntiant Announces Voice-Enabled Ultra-Low-Power Reference Design for TWS Earbud Applications

Syntiant, the company focused on making edge AI a reality for always-on applications, announced a new reference design that will enable ODMs and OEMs to easily and quickly deploy ultra-low-power, edge AI voice processing applications in true wireless earbuds. The solution enables multi-lingual custom wake words and speech commands, supported by data training and modeling, providing a complete, end-to-end solution for edge AI processing.

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